Butterfly (Loona song)

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"Butterfly"
Single by Loona
from the album [X X]
LanguageKorean
ReleasedFebruary 19, 2019 (2019-02-19)
Genre
Length3:57
Label Blockberry Creative
Songwriter(s)
  • G-High (MonoTree)
  • Jaden Jeong
Producer(s) G-High (MonoTree)
Loona singles chronology
"Hi High"
(2018)
"Butterfly"
(2019)
"365"
(2019)
Music video
"Butterfly" on YouTube

"Butterfly" is a song released by South Korean girl group Loona. It was released on February 19, 2019, as the title track from [X X], the repackage of the EP [+ +], which was released in 2018.

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Composition

"Butterfly" is a dream pop, synth-pop and EDM song written by G-High from MonoTree and Jaden Jeong, with G-High also serving as the producer. [1] [2] [3] [4] Billboard described "Butterfly" as having a "bass-infused, synthy melody" with a "sense of bright airiness and groovy beat drops." It also highlighted the focus on the diverse vocals tones that moved between "autotuned wails, breathy verses and coy raps". Lyrically, the members sing about flying like a butterfly and letting dreams take flight. [5]

Commercial performance

"Butterfly" debuted at number 6 on the US World Digital Songs Sales chart with 1,000 downloads sold. This is their second Top 10 on the chart and third entry as full group, after "Favorite" peaked at number 4 and "Hi High" peaked at number 11. [6]

Music video

The music video for the song was shot in France, Hong Kong, China, the United States, Iceland and South Korea. Loona's visual director Digipedi revealed that they toured 5 countries across 3 continents for the "Butterfly effects" that captures the freedom and courage of girls worldwide. [5] The video featured scenes of women of different ethnicities, religions, and nationalities from all around the world, interspersed with clips of the girl group dancing in a serene, lilac-hued amphitheater. [3]

Accolades

"Butterfly" on listicles
Critic/PublicationListRankRef.
Melon Top 100 K-pop Songs of All-Time69 [7]
IZM Top 10 2019 Singles of the YearN/A [8]

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
US World Digital Songs ( Billboard ) [6] 6

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
VariousFebruary 19, 2019 Blockberry Creative

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